Research Training in Biobehavioral Disturbances of Eating Disorders

项目总结 这是T32基金的第二次续签申请，该基金名为生物行为学研究培训 饮食失调的困扰。“该培训计划的主要目标是培训 博士后(MD、MD/PhD和PhD)以独立研究人员的身份从事饮食研究 精神错乱。这是一个为期三年的强化项目，学员们在该项目中学习如何识别 关键研究问题，制定假设，设计和执行以下实验 有效地检验这些假设。在培训过程中，研究员获得了一系列技能 与研究方法相关，包括实验设计和统计方面的专门知识 与临床研究相关的分析。即将毕业的研究员可以提出研究项目。 明确以书面和口头形式，如出版物和介绍所证明的那样。这个 概述的培训计划，利用哥伦比亚大学的优秀教师提供 这给未来饮食失调领域的研究人员带来了难得的机会。哥伦比亚大餐 精神障碍研究组在招募和成功培训临床医生方面有着长期的记录 其成功的研究人员反映在其受训人员获得K奖和 追求全日制的学术生涯。此外，哥伦比亚大学的项目在以下方面也取得了成功 招募MD研究人员进入饮食失调领域，使之成为一种不同寻常的培训 在这一专业领域的课程。在2013年T32计划开始之前，研究人员 哥伦比亚大学专门研究饮食失调的人使用了其他更一般的研究培训 部门内可提供的计划。随着这些计划变得更加专注于基础 科学和神经生物学，他们变得不愿接受对以下领域感兴趣的候选人 饮食失调，其兴趣可能更多地集中在临床、行为和 专注于翻译。饮食失调研究的T32项目已经开始 良好的开端，提供全面的临床研究教育计划，为杰出的 对进食障碍感兴趣的候选人，如神经性厌食症、神经性暴食症和暴饮暴食 进食障碍。NIMH已将进食障碍确定为一个研究不足的领域，需要 研究计划。这份申请概述了未来研究人员在这方面的培训计划 重要的临床领域。

PROJECT SUMMARY This is the second renewal application for a T32 grant, “Research Training in Biobehavioral Disturbances of Eating Disorders.” The primary goal of this training program is to train postdoctoral (MD, MD/PhD, and PhD) fellows for careers as independent researchers in Eating Disorders. An intensive three-year program is outlined in which fellows learn how to identify key research questions, formulate hypotheses, and design and execute experiments that effectively test those hypotheses. In the course of training, fellows acquire a range of skills relevant to research methodology, including expertise in experimental design and statistical analysis relevant to clinical research. Graduating fellows are able to present research projects clearly in both written and oral forms as evidenced by publications and presentations. The training program outlined, utilizing the outstanding faculty at Columbia University offers a unique opportunity to future researchers in the field of eating disorders. The Columbia Eating Disorders Research Unit has a long track record of recruiting and successfully training clinical researchers with its success reflected in high rates of its trainees receiving K awards and pursuing full-time academic careers. Also, the Columbia program has been successful at recruiting MD researchers into the field of eating disorders, making it an unusual training program in this specialized area. Prior to the start of this T32 program in 2013, research fellows specializing in eating disorders at Columbia used other, more general research training programs available within the department. As these programs became more focused on basic science and neurobiology, they grew reluctant to accept candidates with interests in the field of eating disorders whose interests may have been more clinically, behaviorally, and translationally focused. The T32 program for eating disorders research has gotten off to an excellent start, offering a comprehensive clinical research education program, for outstanding candidates interested in eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The NIMH has identified eating disorders as an understudied area in need of research initiatives. This application outlines a training plan for future researchers in this important clinical area.